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inspiring, he raised his voice from deep inside syria, raised his voice against the repeated lies, by assad. he defied the dictator, insisting on using his own names in interviews, talking about the crimes the regime has committed. he has done this knowing full well that the regime that has tortured and killed so many, could simply choose to do away with him. he insisted we broadcast his name. >> when i chant, i want freedom, i can hear my voice for the first time in my life. now, how can i give up this, even if it costs me my life? >> imagine that, a grown adult hearing his voice for the first time. well, three weeks ago, syrian secret police arrested him and his brother. today, we got great news, we learned he was freed. he became seriously ill during his detention, close to death and was not given medical treatment. he is with his family tonight in syria. his brother is in custody, and zedun and his family fear for his safety. you can go to a facebook page the family set up to get the latest on his brother's condition, to find out how to try to help secure his release. a relative says th
inspiring, he raised his voice from deep inside syria, raised his voice against the repeated lies, by assad. he defied the dictator, insisting on using his own names in interviews, talking about the crimes the regime has committed. he has done this knowing full well that the regime that has tortured and killed so many, could simply choose to do away with him. he insisted we broadcast his name. >> when i chant, i want freedom, i can hear my voice for the first time in my life. now, how can...
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essentially, assad is saying that he is going to continue to go after rebel fighters there. he continued to deny that there's any home-grown opposition or any grassroots opposition in syria, which he said so many times the last couple of years and he said he would only try to implement this new initiative after they were able to vanquish the terrorists in syria. he thanked russia, iran and china for being steadfast allies of syria and not allowing any kind of foreign intervention there and said that there could be no foreign-backed peace plan for syria. any peace plan had to come from within syria. once again, a rambling speech. one at which at one point he said that the syrian government was looking for a political partner the way a husband to be might look for a wife. but they are not able to find one. rambling speech, a meandering speech -- >> so, why now? >> entrenched and defiant. >> why come out now and give this speech? >> he's been under intense, intense international pressure to try to address the fact that the u.n. and so many countries are waiting to see if he wil
essentially, assad is saying that he is going to continue to go after rebel fighters there. he continued to deny that there's any home-grown opposition or any grassroots opposition in syria, which he said so many times the last couple of years and he said he would only try to implement this new initiative after they were able to vanquish the terrorists in syria. he thanked russia, iran and china for being steadfast allies of syria and not allowing any kind of foreign intervention there and said...
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that is an audience in syria cheering for their president assad. he made a rare speech in damascus and at one point the crowd was cheering blood ask sacrifice must be for you, assad. tens of thousands of syrians have been killed and even more have fled their homeland. cnn's mohammed jamjoon is watching things from beirut. break down for us what he had to say. >> well, randi, assad remained defiant and he gave a rambling speech in which he blamed a conspiracy for what was going on in syria and he denied his military was the cause of the violence that has engulfed the country for 21 months. he called the opposition there terrorists and traitors. any solution for any kind of peace or political solution in syria must come from within syria and must be the solution that he delivers. he stood firm against calls by the international community and the syrian opposition for him to step down. and, by the end of it, he did offer what he was calling an initiative in which there would be a national dialogue, a conference, a new charter for a new constitution. t
that is an audience in syria cheering for their president assad. he made a rare speech in damascus and at one point the crowd was cheering blood ask sacrifice must be for you, assad. tens of thousands of syrians have been killed and even more have fled their homeland. cnn's mohammed jamjoon is watching things from beirut. break down for us what he had to say. >> well, randi, assad remained defiant and he gave a rambling speech in which he blamed a conspiracy for what was going on in syria...
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. >>> in syria president bashar al assad addressed the nation in a rare speech this morning. his last address was six months ago, but not much has really changed in his eyes. he, again, stood firms against calls around the world for him to step down blaming a conspiracy for his country's turmoil and incessant bloodshed. according to u.n. reports, in nearly two years of fighting, more than 60,000 syrians have been killed. >> there's some good news this morning for hockey fans. it seems that a tentative agreement has been reached that could save the season. the deal comes after an all-night negotiating session that lasted 16 hours. any new collective bargaining agreement still has to be approved by the players and owners before the puck drops again. more than 500 games have been cancelled. >>> shell oil says the drilling rig that ran aground off alaska's southern coast is ready to be towed away. the company says there's no evidence of leaking oil, and the fuel tank appear intact. the rig was being towed back to its winter home in seattle and ran into a severe storm and grounded
. >>> in syria president bashar al assad addressed the nation in a rare speech this morning. his last address was six months ago, but not much has really changed in his eyes. he, again, stood firms against calls around the world for him to step down blaming a conspiracy for his country's turmoil and incessant bloodshed. according to u.n. reports, in nearly two years of fighting, more than 60,000 syrians have been killed. >> there's some good news this morning for hockey fans. it...
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assad was affectionately mobbed by a crowd of adoring supporters in the capital. he told his people that syria is not undergoing revolution and as long as terrorists, unquote, are in the country, the regime will not stand down. >> translator: this is a conflict between authority at power or between the enemies of the homeland. this is a conflict those who wanted to take revenge against the people to end and fragment syria. those are the enemies of the people. and the enemies of god. and the enemies of god will go to hell. >> assad also laid out a plan to end the war starting with foreign countries ending their support for what he calls the terrorists. >>> it is winter in syria. for refugees, that means scavenging for anything they can to eat and stay warm and protecting the youngest ones from death, all this while they can see but cannot touch a safe haven so close in view. dick walsh reports from one camp where even the children are digging their way to safety. >> reporter: they fled this far, almost to safety in turkey but still they dig. to these boys, dragged
assad was affectionately mobbed by a crowd of adoring supporters in the capital. he told his people that syria is not undergoing revolution and as long as terrorists, unquote, are in the country, the regime will not stand down. >> translator: this is a conflict between authority at power or between the enemies of the homeland. this is a conflict those who wanted to take revenge against the people to end and fragment syria. those are the enemies of the people. and the enemies of god. and...
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peace efforts but assad stepping down as a pre-condition they don't agree with that as part of the peace efforts and peace plan. so russia is essentially undermined the entire peace effort. u.n. is saying 60,000 people have already been killed in syria and by the number by the end of year could jump to 100,000. >> shep: thank you. >>> a california judge today found a 12-year-old boy responsible for killing his neo nazi father dismissing claims the child was acting in self-defense. the father was jeff hall. he was asleep when officials his ten-year-old shot him at point blank range. they say the dad was abusive and violent and it was acceptable to kill people that are a threat. but the judge found the boy knew right from wrong at the time of the shooting. judge, this is a tough one. >> it's always tough when you have facts like this. the father was the stepfather whose political views are unacceptable and preached violence and apparently caused him to practice violence on the boy at home. the standard self-defense case show you that have to be immediate threat for loss of life to justify
peace efforts but assad stepping down as a pre-condition they don't agree with that as part of the peace efforts and peace plan. so russia is essentially undermined the entire peace effort. u.n. is saying 60,000 people have already been killed in syria and by the number by the end of year could jump to 100,000. >> shep: thank you. >>> a california judge today found a 12-year-old boy responsible for killing his neo nazi father dismissing claims the child was acting in...
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this is bashar al-assad very much in control. he has a lot of supporters there in the damascus opera house there in the capitol from which he was speaking, a lot of applause there and was speaking live on state television. his detractors will say what what they will, but many people have predicted bashar al-assad's demise over the past 18 or 20 months, they say his days are over. this is a president very much in control of his capitol and much of his country, bill. bill: does that speech change anything on ground, leland. >> reporter: not rile the violence continues. the one thing that bashar al-assad did talk about is a need for his army to continue to night and that is exactly what they are doing. if anything the rebels' momentum as of late has slowed or perhaps stopped. the one thing we saw president bashar al-assad do is give up a lot of indefensible areas, areas he didn't care about, especially in the north. the rebels haven't been able to make inch roads either in damascus or other important towns there for bashar al-assad.
this is bashar al-assad very much in control. he has a lot of supporters there in the damascus opera house there in the capitol from which he was speaking, a lot of applause there and was speaking live on state television. his detractors will say what what they will, but many people have predicted bashar al-assad's demise over the past 18 or 20 months, they say his days are over. this is a president very much in control of his capitol and much of his country, bill. bill: does that speech change...
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until assad steps down. syrian president made no mention of that happening. jenna? >>> stephanie, thank you very much. >>> another major shooting to report from aurora, colorado. a standoff lasted several hours and a shoot-out ended after officers shot a man who barricaded himself in a house. police haven't released a motive. >>> rescue crews are searching an area off the coast of venezuela for a private plane carrying the ceo of the mizoni fashion house. four other people disappeared on friday shortly after taking off from the coastal resort island destined for caracas. they brought a budget friendly collection to target. >>> in an squall act of sheer brilliance and stupidity, prisoners in brazil thought they had come up with a perfect way to escape. they convinced a neighborhood cat to drink a drill and saw taped to the cat's body. he was caught. omg, this is so embarrassing. my mom warned me about pranks like this. i can't believe i fell for it. that is the news. now back to lester. >> nobody was going to
until assad steps down. syrian president made no mention of that happening. jenna? >>> stephanie, thank you very much. >>> another major shooting to report from aurora, colorado. a standoff lasted several hours and a shoot-out ended after officers shot a man who barricaded himself in a house. police haven't released a motive. >>> rescue crews are searching an area off the coast of venezuela for a private plane carrying the ceo of the mizoni fashion house. four other...
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>> i think they very much want to keep assad in power. i think they are prepared to see this conflict go on for as long as it takes. this is part of their campaign in the middle east. i think folks in the west and in the arab world people see assad's fall as something that could hurt iran very substantially and one asks in that case why hasn't the obama administration done more to help achieve that? i think the answer is because the obama administration is still desperate to find a way to negotiate with iran over the nuclear weapons program. i know if we were to get involved in the conflict against sa assad there would be no way the iranians would negotiate. >> what can the administration do? >> i don't think there's much they can do as long as they are not willing to take on russia and iran. the reset button has worked out well as we can see here. the administration is hosted by fat tar. >> good to see you. seems our fighting with continue with assad in place. >>> eric, thanks. there are growing concerns the deadly flu outbreak is sweepi
>> i think they very much want to keep assad in power. i think they are prepared to see this conflict go on for as long as it takes. this is part of their campaign in the middle east. i think folks in the west and in the arab world people see assad's fall as something that could hurt iran very substantially and one asks in that case why hasn't the obama administration done more to help achieve that? i think the answer is because the obama administration is still desperate to find a way to...
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clearly assad is still in control. the speech was meant as a message that he will not go peacefully. >> jamie: leland, thank you. >> gregg: well, hockey fans, you are having a happy day to be sure. it's apparently four months and marathon negotiation session to get hockey back. early this morning, nhl and players agreed to end the lockout and save what is left of the hockey season. take listen. >> it was the best deal for us available. you are always tough because we're all friends of the game and we with wish we didn't have to go through this, but we did. we're on the other side now. >> hopefully within a very few days, the fans can get back to watching people who are skating if not the two of us. >> gregg: hockey is back but scheduling issues including the length of season still needs to be worked out. >> jamie: a jam packed show ahead. still to come, president obama getting set to tap former republican senator chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary and possibly setting the stage for big confirmation fight. >>
clearly assad is still in control. the speech was meant as a message that he will not go peacefully. >> jamie: leland, thank you. >> gregg: well, hockey fans, you are having a happy day to be sure. it's apparently four months and marathon negotiation session to get hockey back. early this morning, nhl and players agreed to end the lockout and save what is left of the hockey season. take listen. >> it was the best deal for us available. you are always tough because we're all...
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expressing solidarity with israel and what we have seen is that he favors engagement with syria's al-assad, with il when he was alive and also, with all of the dictators who seek to harm u.s. interests and our allies. he wants further engagement with them. he doesn't think that we should penalize those dictators and that harms u.s. national security interests. >> kelly: i understand, but if i may-- if i understand, let me point out something that mr. hagel said himself in a recent interview with the "lincoln journal star" which of course is a newspaper in his home state of nebraska. mr. hagel wanted to describe his views as quote, unequivocal, total support for israel and said the distortions about my record, he said, have been astounding. how do you respond to that? does that give you some assurance? because he went on to say that hanging out there in no man's land and follows distortions. what's your response to that? >> that's really such a victimhood kind of response. this man is quite able to respond to this criticism. he can say why he didn't sign a letter expressing solidarity with
expressing solidarity with israel and what we have seen is that he favors engagement with syria's al-assad, with il when he was alive and also, with all of the dictators who seek to harm u.s. interests and our allies. he wants further engagement with them. he doesn't think that we should penalize those dictators and that harms u.s. national security interests. >> kelly: i understand, but if i may-- if i understand, let me point out something that mr. hagel said himself in a recent...
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assad regime has used air power to bomb civilians across syria. rebels rocket launchers and tanks and with the capture of this air base they will be able to limit the number of air strikes that syrian jets are able to launch in northern syria. they still expect there will be air strikes but this will simply remove some of those abilities to attack civilians and rebel fighters. as you said, the rebels have faced setbacks in and around damascus. reportedly syrian troops have begun to take control of a suburb that was controlled by syrian rebels. it's the type of fighting we're seeing all over the country, one side takes the hair and other side takes it back. this is continuing and u.n. and international community feels it will continue for a long time and increase in the death toll in coming months and maybe even a year. >> jamie: conor powell, thank you so much. >> gregg: joe biden declaring there is no silver bullet to preventing gun tragedies. he made that remark as he sat down this week with members of the video game industry, nra and victims of
assad regime has used air power to bomb civilians across syria. rebels rocket launchers and tanks and with the capture of this air base they will be able to limit the number of air strikes that syrian jets are able to launch in northern syria. they still expect there will be air strikes but this will simply remove some of those abilities to attack civilians and rebel fighters. as you said, the rebels have faced setbacks in and around damascus. reportedly syrian troops have begun to take control...
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>> because bashar assad destroyed all syria and we come here to have a life, good life. >> reporter: another boy ali told us that he lost both of his hands and his left eye when a plane bombed his house. in a math class we wanted to know how many have lost someone in their family in the war. nearly a third raised their hands. principal zikwan da-yid taught history in sirria. he told us he was arrested three times by government forces before he fled to turkey. he said many of the children here are traumatized. they get frightened by loud noises, he told us. if someone bangs on the wall, they panic. they feel they are always under threat. the turkish government allows the school to operate but doesn't provide anything else. textbooks are donated by a charity. and the teachers salaries are minimal. >> reporter: what is your dream for these children. >> that they get back to their country with their heads held high and rebuild their schools, he said. i want to try to give these kids what they have lost. >> pelley: but that will likely be some time. clarissa ward is joining us on the bord
>> because bashar assad destroyed all syria and we come here to have a life, good life. >> reporter: another boy ali told us that he lost both of his hands and his left eye when a plane bombed his house. in a math class we wanted to know how many have lost someone in their family in the war. nearly a third raised their hands. principal zikwan da-yid taught history in sirria. he told us he was arrested three times by government forces before he fled to turkey. he said many of the...
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bashar al assad dismissing any prospect of meeting with the rebel leaders. was anyone at all surprised that president assad ignored the scope and the root causes, if you will, of the uprising there? >> reporter: not entirely. we haven't seen a lot of bashar al assad in recent months. this was a big speech. he presented it in damascus in a crowded auditorium. he spoke for nearly an hour and really at the end of the speech probably isn't going to change much. he called -- we heard familiar refrains. he called the opposition terrorists and accused them of being made up mostly of al qaeda and made little mention of syrians taking arms against his government and countries in the region are funding and arming the opposition and says he won't negotiate until they stop funding them and went on to propose a new political initiative which would include eventually a new government, new constitution, national reconciliation but said that won't happen until the weapons are put down and these quote/unquote terrorists are no longer funded. he didn't spare his words when it
bashar al assad dismissing any prospect of meeting with the rebel leaders. was anyone at all surprised that president assad ignored the scope and the root causes, if you will, of the uprising there? >> reporter: not entirely. we haven't seen a lot of bashar al assad in recent months. this was a big speech. he presented it in damascus in a crowded auditorium. he spoke for nearly an hour and really at the end of the speech probably isn't going to change much. he called -- we heard familiar...
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>> alex, it has been rare to see assad in recent months. this is a momentous occasion, but he didn't really say anything all that new. he did propose a new potential political solution, talking about a new government and reconciliation talks and possibly a new constitution. but it seemed the bulk of what he had to say really proved how almost impossible it would be to reach that end given his other points that he made, including the fact that he called all of the opposition fighters terrorists. he said they are made up mostly of al qaeda. he gave little or no mention to the fact that syrians themselves had picked up arms against his country. and he said he would not negotiate until countries in the region have agreed not to find and give them money. the other interesting point he made is that the west is really trying to kill two birds with one stone. he said, they want to destroy syria, and they want to distract the terrorists, and that's what they're doing by sending al qaeda into syria. alex? >> can i just ask you, stephanie? with regard
>> alex, it has been rare to see assad in recent months. this is a momentous occasion, but he didn't really say anything all that new. he did propose a new potential political solution, talking about a new government and reconciliation talks and possibly a new constitution. but it seemed the bulk of what he had to say really proved how almost impossible it would be to reach that end given his other points that he made, including the fact that he called all of the opposition fighters...
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assad is not giving up. >> first of all, chris, it's not up to us. we can express our opinion. this is part of this problem that it's somehow america's capability and responsibility to resolve these things. look, i wish that we could go into a lot of these places and make things work well. i wish we could bring democracy and peace but i wish i could eat more and not gain weight and i have found that when i act in unrealistic wishes, the results are not so good. the answer is we can voice our opinion. i guess what we ought to encourage ask a deal whereby people like that who are in power can leave, not because they're good people but because the alternative is them fighting to stay, but my basic point is that in any case, we vont got a lot to say about it. and you have this notion -- well, look, here is my disagreement with president obama on this one issue because i think he does an extraordinarily good job and i'm very supportive. he says america is the indispensable nation. by which they mean we have to be everywhere there's trouble. we can't do it, we can't afford it anymore
assad is not giving up. >> first of all, chris, it's not up to us. we can express our opinion. this is part of this problem that it's somehow america's capability and responsibility to resolve these things. look, i wish that we could go into a lot of these places and make things work well. i wish we could bring democracy and peace but i wish i could eat more and not gain weight and i have found that when i act in unrealistic wishes, the results are not so good. the answer is we can voice...
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we are getting close to the expiration date. ment question is will president bashar al-assad use them. the red line remains writ is. right now president sad r-rb, his military is looking at a little stronger show of force. patriot missiles to be banned by u.s. troops and also nato troops have landed in turk key. those missiles are going to go along the turkish-syrian border to be used first to prevent any kind of syrian attack inside of turkey. very easily those missiles could be reprogrammed to begin the enforcement of a no-fly zone over northern syria. that ter certainly something that be done if the red line is crossed, bill. bill: what are the rebels doing, leland? >>> that is the other part of this story in the sense that the rebels seem to be losing whatever momentum they had gained. the talk of chemical weapons really got strong when the rebels were moving on all of the cities controlled by the syrian regime. as of late things have slowed down. they are able to move across aop groun open ground *rb, but when they get to the cities the military repulses them back. they are using
we are getting close to the expiration date. ment question is will president bashar al-assad use them. the red line remains writ is. right now president sad r-rb, his military is looking at a little stronger show of force. patriot missiles to be banned by u.s. troops and also nato troops have landed in turk key. those missiles are going to go along the turkish-syrian border to be used first to prevent any kind of syrian attack inside of turkey. very easily those missiles could be reprogrammed...
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the assad regime allegedly used the base to launch attacks on rebel positions. this amateur video purports to show smoke rising from the base, but cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity or rebel claims. and the faa has opened an investigation into the 787 dream liner. the move follows a series of mishap, including a fire at a gate and a fuel leak at another. they will look at the dream liner's design, manufacture, and assembly. >>> and the district of columbia police won't bring critical charges against nbc or david gregory because he displayed a magazine capable of holding up to 30 rounds of ammunition on "meet the press." the december broadcast originated here in the district. police say it was a very close decision, but since gregory has no criminal record, he won't be charged. >>> and a live action "star wars" tv series, well, abc says it's looking into it because disney bought lucas films for $4 billion. turns out lucas film actually started work on a "star wars" series years ago and dozens of scripts were written, but they were shelved. he's not
the assad regime allegedly used the base to launch attacks on rebel positions. this amateur video purports to show smoke rising from the base, but cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity or rebel claims. and the faa has opened an investigation into the 787 dream liner. the move follows a series of mishap, including a fire at a gate and a fuel leak at another. they will look at the dream liner's design, manufacture, and assembly. >>> and the district of columbia police won't...